Brian Doyle’s short essay “Joyas Voladoras” gave his audience more to think about than the physical characteristics of an organ that circulates blood through the body. Though Doyle started off with facts of the hearts of some animals, he quickly changed the topic to the differences and similarities of living things. By providing facts and statistics about the heart and showcasing how organisms need to be surrounded by others, Doyle’s descriptions of the hearts of hummingbirds, blue whales, and other organisms gave enough details to answer the questions his audience had, yet he implied how living things live their lives differently but in a similar manner.
First of all, Doyle wrote the majority of the essay on the hummingbirds. Most of the paragraphs were spent …show more content…
You may wonder what the blue whale has in common with the hummingbird and it might only be the fact that they both have a heart. But keep in mind that a blue whale’s heart is the size of the room that a child could stand in. Interesting enough Doyle added how humans do not know much about the animal that is the largest that there has ever been, yet we know that the animals with the largest hearts tend to be in pairs or how their cries can be heard from miles away underwater (Doyle 148). This difference between the hummingbirds and the blue whales could represent how organisms live in various ways. For instance, I have only seen hummingbirds a few times in my life but when I do, they are usually alone. On the other hand, in my biology class freshman year we learned most whales tend to stick together in groups. This metaphor between the hummingbirds and the blue whales represent how humans interact too. Some people tend to be more introverted than others. They would rather be alone but that is how they like it. While others like to be surrounded by people and tend to be extroverted. These people correlate to the hummingbird and the
First of all, Doyle wrote the majority of the essay on the hummingbirds. Most of the paragraphs were spent …show more content…
You may wonder what the blue whale has in common with the hummingbird and it might only be the fact that they both have a heart. But keep in mind that a blue whale’s heart is the size of the room that a child could stand in. Interesting enough Doyle added how humans do not know much about the animal that is the largest that there has ever been, yet we know that the animals with the largest hearts tend to be in pairs or how their cries can be heard from miles away underwater (Doyle 148). This difference between the hummingbirds and the blue whales could represent how organisms live in various ways. For instance, I have only seen hummingbirds a few times in my life but when I do, they are usually alone. On the other hand, in my biology class freshman year we learned most whales tend to stick together in groups. This metaphor between the hummingbirds and the blue whales represent how humans interact too. Some people tend to be more introverted than others. They would rather be alone but that is how they like it. While others like to be surrounded by people and tend to be extroverted. These people correlate to the hummingbird and the